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Buffalo Heart |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
Buffalo Heart Beyond a village, resting in silent refrain, bearing a soul within its name, a proud nation, the Illinois, once thrived. Near a place called Buffalo Heart. All is quiet. The soul of a mighty beast, now, laid to rest! as an ironhorse moved onward toward the west. Yet, within the heart of a new nation, the souls of a past still resound, in a place called Buffalo Heart, as the long-drawn-out whistle of a train passes in the night. [This message has been edited by r v wooo (04-27-2008 10:07 AM).] |
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ctowen Member Elite
since 2001-10-18
Posts 2286Green Mountains of VT |
You might be able to take the life out of a heart but you can not take the heart out of life .... a heartfelt piece Ct |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
ct, thank you for the time in allowing me to share and thank you for sharing your thought. [This message has been edited by r v wooo (04-28-2008 03:09 AM).] |
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Seoulair Senior Member
since 2008-03-27
Posts 807Seoul S.Korea |
Beautiful poem. enjoyed. Wild Buffalo wind charged on the eagle's wings zooming through history |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
thank you seoulair...still intrigued with your poem, "sun". |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"Yet, within the heart of a new nation, the souls of a past still resound, in place called Buffalo Heart, as the long-drawn-out whistle of a train passes in the night." ~ Your closing stanza was perfect! Loved it! ~ as was your entire poem! Well done!!!  Love & Native Light, EA  |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
I liked the Ending too!  ARCTIC WIND |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
You know, your poem gave me some hope at a time that I need it. Without going into deep discussion of my questions as of late, I just felt like you kind of reached into me and touched me with this one. Isn't that what poetry is all about? Thank you. A |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Excellent and timely write. Ida |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
thank you e.a. i appreciate your kind remarks. |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
yes,arctic...there is something nostalgic about the old steam engine trains...as they have passed into the night, i find that i miss them so much. |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
alison and ida, happy to know you liked the poem and alison, interesting how one can be touched through the monitor glass. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
It's interesting, I guess; but, I find that reading poetry here is similar to reading it on a printed page. There is an added bonus of response and "conversation" here that adds another dimension. Alison |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
yes, i agree, alison, the communication is a most important factor and to understand a story that is being written in the form of individual poems, one only has to research the archive. the dialogue between poet and reader allows the researcher to read between the lines in the poem. the poems can therefore become idiodynamic markers in understanding individual events in the creative development of the story. |
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hiddensmiles Senior Member
since 2008-02-07
Posts 514at the beach... i wish |
nice write JJ |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
thank you jj...we both have shared with one another, a pleasant kindness. |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
r v...Great poem. Really enjoyed. Buffalo Heart sounds like a wonderful place. Thanks for sharing...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
Having grown up near the Ilini nation in the land of mound builders, I can truly appreciate this write...poetically, I loved the serenity of the following line: "as the long-drawn-out whistle of a train passes in the night" |
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gilead Senior Member
since 2008-03-10
Posts 1067nevada, USA |
Ah, so hauntingly beautiful, as if I am there listening to the dying sound of the train whistle as it passes in the night into the shadows of history! Art |
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shyvl Senior Member
since 2008-04-11
Posts 531texas, usa |
truly poignant! A good well written poem. sharyn |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
buffalo heart...one of the back roads of my life, paul. steavenr, i grew up in southern indiana...near the confluence of the ohio and wabash rivers...much native american history involving mound builders associated with that area as well. gilead, as a young boy, i developed a love for the steam engine train. spent many hours during that time of my life talking to hoboes that would stop at our back door and ask for a bacon-fried egg sandwich that my mother would customarily fix for them. loved sitting on the back porch steps, of that old eleven room victorian house, listening to the stories they would tell about their adventures riding the rails. shyvl, received your email...thank you! you are an interesting poet...noticed you are located in texas...am curious...my nephew passed away in texas in january of this year...he had been in a coma for 27 years...he was 47 when he died. |
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